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Turkish man allegedly pushes pregnant wife off cliff after taking selfies
By Elizabeth Elizalde
February 17, 2021 | 7:41pm |
Semra Aysal seen with her husband Hakan Aysal just before her death in 2018.Newsflash
A Turkish man killed his pregnant wife by throwing her off a cliff after posing for selfies and then tried to cash in on her life insurance, prosecutors allege.
Hakan Aysal was arrested for murdering his 32-year-old wife, Semra Aysal, and their unborn baby during a vacation in Butterfly Valley in Mugla, Turkey, in June 2018, the Sun reported.
Aysal, 40, allegedly shoved his wife — who was seven months pregnant — off the cliff after they took pictures. She fell 1,000 feet and died instantly, according to the outlet.
Well, instantly once she hit the ground. She had several seconds of sheer terror to endure first.
After Semra’s death, the husband tried to collect on a life insurance policy he took out for her worth 400,000 Turkish lira, or about $57,000. But he was denied due to a police investigation.
Prosecutors charge the murder wasn’t an “accident” and was premeditated because he wanted her money.
A court has ruled that Aysal be remanded in custody for premeditated murder.
The cliff where Semra Aysal was allegedly pushed to her death by her husband. Newsflash
Semra’s brother, Naim Yolcu, said his brother-in-law didn’t appear to show any emotion after his sister died.
“When we went to the Forensic Medicine Institute to get the body, Hakan was sitting in the car,” recalled Yoluc during a video interview in court.
“My family and I were destroyed, but Hakan did not even appear sad.”
Butterfly Valley, Mugla, TK
Niger: 10 killed in new attacks in south of country
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'Bandits' burn school and kill 3 in village of Zibane, 7 dead in Gabado
Published: March 25, 2021 02:03
Reuters
In this file photo taken on February 23, 2021 Niger's newly elected president Mohamed Bazoum gestures at his party headquarter after the announcement of his election in Niamey, on February 23, 2021. Image Credit: AFP
Niamey: At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in attacks on two villages in the Tillaberi region of southwest Niger, a senior security source said.
Armed “bandits” burned a school and killed three people in the village of Zibane and seven in Gabado, the source said.
Security forces are making checks at the scene and the death toll could rise, the source said. It is not clear who carried out the attack.
137 killed last Sunday
Gunmen killed 137 people in coordinated raids on villages in the southwest on Sunday, one of the deadliest days in recent memory in a country ravaged by Islamist violence. Those attacks were a few hundred kilometres away from Wednesday’s incident.
The violence represents a growing problem for Niger's newly elected president Mohamed Bazoum.
Daesh’s local affiliate is active in the zone and has been blamed for previous attacks that killed dozens of civilians and soldiers.
The violence is part of a wider security crisis across West Africas Sahel region, which is also fuelled by militants linked to Al Qaida and ethnic militias.
Tillaberi Rgn, Niger
More than 100 kilos of dynamite found as police arrest 6
in series of raids across Norway
26 Mar, 2021 17:10
FILE PHOTO © NTB Scanpix/Terje Pedersen via Reuters
Police in Norway have recovered more than 100 kilos of dynamite and detained at least six people after a series of raids on homes in the Sorlandet region during an operation that began on Wednesday evening.
The operation continued Friday and at least three people remain in custody.
Bomb squad officers recovered the large stash of dynamite in a house in the community of Tvedestrand overnight. The discovery of the explosives followed separate raids on properties in Arendal and Grimstad – communities located about 250kms southwest of Oslo.
Norway’s Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB) is working with bomb squad officers in the operation.
Police are saying little about the operation or the identities of those arrested.
“When there are such large amounts of explosives going astray, which are not stored in a proper way, it is very serious,” Helge Torsvik, the officer in charge of the investigation at Arendal told broadcaster NRK.
It is important for me to point out that we do not have information that indicates that this is explosive that is intended to be used to harm others
The investigation began, police say, when they stopped a car and four people on Wednesday night in Arendal. The driver was suspected of driving drunk or being under the influence of drugs.
A weapon was recovered, leading police to search a local property. There, they found a small quantity of explosives. They later searched another property in nearby Grimstad and found more explosives.
So, if these men, I assume they are all men, are farmers with 100 hectares of land to clear, then I don't see a big problem. But if they are not, and if they are all Muslims, then Norwegians need to be protected from them.
Sorlandet Region, Srn Norway
Attack by ISIS-linked militants traps over 180 people, including foreigners,
in Mozambique hotel for days
27 Mar, 2021 16:29
Foreign employees working on French Total’s LNG terminal construction project are among those trapped in a hotel in northern Mozambique which has been besieged by militants for three days.
The coastal town of Palma in northern Mozambique located not far from the Tanzanian border was overrun by Islamist insurgents earlier this week. A local extremist group, known as al-Shabab (and not linked to its Somali namesake), launched a coordinated three-pronged assault on the town on Wednesday, reportedly involving some 100 militants.
Mozambique’s Defense Ministry confirmed the attack on March 25 and said its forces were “working tirelessly to restore security and order as quickly as possible.” Still, the operation is apparently ongoing since there have been no reports about the extremists being driven out of the town.
“Almost the entire town was destroyed. Many people are dead. As locals fled to the bush, workers from LNG companies, including foreigners, took refuge in hotel Amarula where they are waiting to be rescued,” a local worker told AFP news agency.
Human Rights Watch said, citing witnesses, that bodies were lying on the streets as militants who earlier pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) fired indiscriminately at people and buildings.
The exact number of casualties remains unknown as the media reports that a significant part of the town has been burnt down. At least one South African citizen was killed in the attack, according to South African media which also reported that the nation’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was about to convene an emergency meeting over the situation.
Local media also claimed that the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) might potentially be sent to neighboring Mozambique to aid the local military in their operation. There was no official confirmation of these reports, though.
An unverified video circulating on social media shows an unidentified man sitting in what looks like a hotel lobby with some other people saying the situation on the ground is “critical.” The man in the video said those who are hiding in the building have run out of food but still have water. The sound of a helicopter somewhere near the hotel can also be heard in the background.
According to some media reports, the military have been trying to airlift people trapped in the hotel by helicopter. It is unclear how many people, if any, have already been rescued.
The town of Palma is located not far from a liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal construction site in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province. The project worth $20 billion is mostly financed by the French oil giant Total, although some other international companies including ExxonMobil are also involved in the area.
The attack on Palma came just hours after Total announced resumption of construction works at the site. The company withdrew most of its workforce from the area back in January amid an insurgency in the Cabo Delgado province.
The al-Shabab militants, active in the vicinity since 2017, had been advancing toward the town, and the LNG construction site, and seized some nearby villages at that time. The oil giant decided to resume construction works on Wednesday after the Mozambique government agreed to establish a 25-kilometer buffer zone around the site and strengthen local security forces.
The conflict which saw al-Shabab take entire towns in 2020 has claimed the lives of more than 2,500 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). More than 700,000 people were forced to flee their homes, according to the UN estimates.
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